TATI (Main Recurring Character)

Custom lines are welcomed!!

Scenes that this character appears in: https://tandemdark.thecomicseries.com/comics/241/#content-start

Names can be tricky to pronounce, here is a page: https://tandemdark.thecomicseries.com/Characters/

Tatiana is one of the main recurring characters of Tandem Dark and has a major role throughout the story, with her brother Mael.

I am looking for an actor with strong emotional range and excellent control over their performance. Because Tatiana is a long-term lead character, the ability to genuinely act is much more important to me than simply having an interesting or pretty voice.

Tatiana is expressive, emotional, and can also serve as comedic relief. She can complain, joke around, get irritated, be dramatic, or react humorously to the people around her. Her comedy should feel like a natural part of her personality rather than an exaggerated “comedy character” voice.

However, Tatiana also has very serious and emotionally heavy moments. The actor needs to be comfortable portraying genuine sadness, crying, fear, anger, frustration, vulnerability, happiness, excitement, affection, and emotional exhaustion.

I'm especially looking for someone who can transition naturally between emotions. Tatiana may be joking or complaining in one scene and become completely serious in another. When she cries, it needs to feel genuine. When she's angry, it shouldn't simply become yelling. Subtle emotional performances are just as important as the bigger ones.

This is a major recurring role and a long-term character. Please audition only if you are comfortable potentially returning to voice the character for future episodes.

Audition Note: Please prioritize acting over having a “perfect” voice. Feel free to laugh, cry, pause, stumble over words, change volume, or otherwise perform the lines naturally. I want to hear your emotional interpretation of Tatiana.

Voice direction: Female • expressive • charismatic • emotionally versatile • naturally comedic • capable of both subtle and intense dramatic performances.

Acting requirements: Strong emotional control is extremely important for this role. Must be comfortable with crying, laughter, yelling when appropriate, frustration, comedic delivery, quieter emotional scenes, and rapid changes in emotion.

Thank you so much for taking the time to audition! I’m really excited that you’re interested in my project specifically.

For now, I don’t listen to any of the audio submissions until closer to the deadline, just because I don’t want to accidentally become biased early on. But I’ll definitely be going through everyone’s auditions once we get closer to the deadline!

Good luck, and feel free to resubmit as many times as you want before the deadline if you want to try something different or feel like you can do a better take. Have fun with it!